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Xenograft valve replacement successfully treated tricuspid incompetence in a 15-month-old child with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
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Demonstrates the feasibility of xenograft valve replacement for tricuspid incompetence in a young child with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) with tricuspid incompetence as the only associated anomaly is a rare occurrence. This is a report of a 15-month-old child with this condition who was successfully treated by xenograft replacement of the incompetent valve.
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Ross et al. (1981) studied this question. Xenograft valve replacement successfully treated tricuspid incompetence in a 15-month-old child with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
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